The girl told officers a man approached her, told her she was a "pretty girl" and walked away, he said. About two minutes later, the man returned and asked the girl to disrobe.

"She refused, and then he made explicit sexual comments to her," Morales said, adding that the man fled when the girl began screaming.

The girl reported the incident to her mother, he said.

Investigators have been showing a composite sketch to residents at the complex, but no one has been able to identify him, Morales said.

"We don't think he lives there," Morales said. "We are hoping someone will be able to identify him."

The man was described as Latino, about 40 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, "chubby on sides of his waist," with short, gray, curly hair and a mustache. He was last seen wearing a navy Hawaiian shirt with stripes and flowers and khaki pants.

Anyone with information about the man's identity or whereabouts was asked to call the La Palma Police Department at 714-690-3370.

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